- Lead
- 969
- Total
- 5,132
- vs nation
- R+17.4
North Dakota 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 559
- Total
- 4,891
- vs nation
- R+15.9
- Lead
- 909
- Total
- 5,925
- vs nation
- R+17.4
- Lead
- 11
- Total
- 5,813
- vs nation
- R+4.0
- Lead
- 479
- Total
- 6,067
- vs nation
- D+0.6
- Lead
- 746
- Total
- 5,901
- vs nation
- R+10.2
- Lead
- 864
- Total
- 5,504
- vs nation
- R+16.2
- Lead
- 77
- Total
- 5,073
- vs nation
- R+7.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 16,4242024 5-year
- Population density
- 122 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 135 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,6762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.6 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 7, SD · twin score 92.5
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 42nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
62.9%
1,808 votes · D+34.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 60.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
72.5%
1,445 votes · R+46.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 69.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
3,184votes
52.5% of the vote · D+7.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 2,788 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
3,253votes
55.1% of the vote · R+12.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 3,054 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1916
+12.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.9 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · +10.3 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+49.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.5 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +26.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+18.9, against D+7.9 in 2008, having changed party at least once across the five cycles. About 6,870 residents lived here, with White alone at 83.1% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.9 points.
A population of 16,424, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,676 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 7 and State House District 43.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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